A report on Gary Snyder
American man of letters.
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Beat Generation
11 linksLiterary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-war era.
Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Philip Whalen, Ginsberg and Gary Snyder read on October 7, 1955, before 100 people (including Kerouac, up from Mexico City).
Allen Ginsberg
9 linksAmerican poet and writer.
American poet and writer.
There, Ginsberg also met three budding poets and Zen enthusiasts who had become friends at Reed College: Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, and Lew Welch.
The Dharma Bums
7 links1958 novel by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac.
1958 novel by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac.
The main characters are the narrator Ray Smith, based on Kerouac, and Japhy Ryder, based on the poet and essayist Gary Snyder, who was instrumental in Kerouac's introduction to Buddhism in the mid-1950s.
Philip Whalen
6 linksAmerican poet, Zen Buddhist, and a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and close to the Beat generation.
American poet, Zen Buddhist, and a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance and close to the Beat generation.
There, he met Gary Snyder and Lew Welch, and graduated with a BA in 1951.
Jack Kerouac
6 linksAmerican novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
In response, Kerouac chronicled parts of his own experience with Buddhism, as well as some of his adventures with Gary Snyder and other San Francisco-area poets, in The Dharma Bums, set in California and Washington and published in 1958.
Six Gallery reading
6 linksImportant poetry event that took place on Friday, October 7, 1955, at 3119 Fillmore Street in San Francisco.
Important poetry event that took place on Friday, October 7, 1955, at 3119 Fillmore Street in San Francisco.
At the reading, five talented young poets—Allen Ginsberg, Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen—who until then were known mainly within a close company of friends and other writers (such as Lionel Trilling and William Carlos Williams), presented some of their latest works.
San Francisco Renaissance
4 linksUsed as a global designation for a range of poetic activity centered on San Francisco, which brought it to prominence as a hub of the American poetry avant-garde in the 1950s.
Used as a global designation for a range of poetic activity centered on San Francisco, which brought it to prominence as a hub of the American poetry avant-garde in the 1950s.
Around the same time that Duncan, Spicer and Blaser were at Berkeley, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen and Lew Welch were attending Reed College in Portland, Oregon.
Kenneth Rexroth
5 linksAmerican poet, translator, and critical essayist.
American poet, translator, and critical essayist.
With Rexroth acting as master of ceremonies, Allen Ginsberg, Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen performed at the famous Six Gallery reading on October 7, 1955.
Lew Welch
2 linksAmerican poet associated with the Beat generation literary movement.
American poet associated with the Beat generation literary movement.
There he roomed with fellow poet Gary Snyder and also befriended Philip Whalen.
American Book Awards
0 linksAmerican literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement".
American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement".
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